BK virus-induced nephritis and cystitis after matched unrelated donor stem cell transplantation: A case report

Nadine Gelbrich; Matthias B Stope; Sander Bekeschus; Martin Weigel; Martin Burchardt; Uwe Zimmermann

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3246

BK virus-induced nephritis and cystitis after matched unrelated donor stem cell transplantation: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sep 7;8(12):2839-2842. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3246. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Nadine Gelbrich¹, Matthias B Stope², Sander Bekeschus³, Martin Weigel⁴, Martin Burchardt¹, Uwe Zimmermann¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald Germany.
² Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology University Medicine Bonn Bonn Germany.
³ ZIK Plasmatis Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald) Greifswald Germany.
⁴ Department of Hematology and Oncology University Medicine Greifswald Greifswald Germany.

Abstract

Currently, there is no standard therapy for a BK virus infection of the urogenital tract in immunocompromised, stem cell transplanted patients, so that early diagnosis and introduction of supportive measures have the highest response rates to date.

Keywords: BK virus cystitis; BK virus nephritis; acute renal failure; case report; graft‐versus‐host disease; matched unrelated donor stem cell transplantation; myelodysplastic syndromes.

Publication types

Case Reports